reforger_workbench

[rigid tulip]

Easier to implement, syntax fluff and just personal choice

[runic pollen]

the wiki's all we've got for now

[thin falcon]

Got a link>?

[rigid tulip]

Enscript is very similar to C# anyways, it's almost like sandboxed C# in a way

[runic pollen]

I'd be googling it the same as you to get one

[thin falcon]

Are you sure there's a wiki lol

[leaden hedge]

I cut my teeth in DS&A with C++ and it’s got a very digestible syntax

Feels like home

[runic pollen]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_Reforger

[rigid tulip]

@vague hamlet Honestly, I wouldn't worry about libraries just yet. People will create them as they need them, also alot of the things that required outside systems in Arma 3 now are native to Enfusion, like I'm 90% sure Enfusion has a robust database system integrated in it

[vague hamlet]

Not against it by any mean if it's better then what is on the market then great.

[spark sigil]

On a side note im actually a rails dev, still a joke but i do like ruby…. Prefer .net but would choose ruby over lets say python

[leaden hedge]

I think it’s fair to say that Enfusion is by all accounts a modern and competent engine

[rigid tulip]

Honestly from a professional game dev's perspective Enscript is a decent scripting solution and Enfusion is a good modern engine. Just wait on the community to develop an ecosystem of libraries

[haughty vapor]

ruby 😶

[cursive orbit]

Does Reforger already support 'call extensions'? I would like to implement database integration

[rigid tulip]

hahahahahaha. No. (AFAIK)

[rigid tulip]

You can use REST/HTTP api requests

[vague hamlet]

The language that only exists for the ruby-on-rails framework xD

[cursive orbit]

do you have a link to some docs?

[frosty swan]

check out the RestContext class within the script editor

[cursive orbit]

holy sh*t nice

[leaden hedge]

OH YEAH can we talk about that script editor

[rigid tulip]

Also the Dayz modding community is a good resource too since they've been messing with enscript alot longer

[leaden hedge]

That’s a nice layout

Very well integrated

[rigid tulip]

I want rider integration

BI PLS

[spark sigil]

What about dragonruby? Or ruby2d

[rigid tulip]

I want to use my professional tools 😢

[runic pollen]

don't they realize that we can't function without our jetbrains editors?!?!

[rigid tulip]

for real lmao

I used to use Visual Studio, but holy fuck I've tasted the forbidden fruit of rider and now I'm never going back lmao

[frosty swan]

from the perspective of someone thats made multiple dayz mods I think the biggest problem people are going to run in to in terms of scripting is not understanding how and where to use strong refs

[haughty vapor]

vim

[rigid tulip]

Yeah it's going to be rough for people coming from SQF, ref types are going to be an interesting experience

[pearl forum]

Hi shix 😄

[frosty swan]

ohh Hi Ron you beautiful man

[pearl forum]

Can’t wait for the server issue to be ironed out so I can have a whirl

[wicked crag]

Anyone still having issues logging into the workbench?

[runic pollen]

yeah, afaik it has been like that for a bit now

at least for me

[leaden hedge]

I always say it never hurts to go learn some fundamentals. A lot of stuff never clicked for me wayback until I understood things like pointers, reference assignment, just basic stuff

But a lot of these guys are seasoned programmers

[runic pollen]

and that's why we should teach kids C in elementary school.

[leaden hedge]

I’m sure they’ll be cool

[wicked crag]

I have a completed vehicle playground made but I want to upload it D;

[leaden hedge]

Definitely, Cloaker. In some places they do start pretty early.

[reef gulch]

is the workbench available for mac ? 😂

[reef gulch]

But for people who are new its easier if they know a oop Language

[gleaming basalt]

My Workbench crashes if i want to do something with the RestContext

[runic pollen]

yeah there's already a bug report for that lol

[rigid tulip]

Yeah its a great way to get more people into programming. Sqf definitely encouraged alot of bad habits, enscript will hopefully teach good ones

Anyways I need sleep good night!

[gleaming basalt]

they updated the devhub

https://i.imgur.com/zh5Ezb7.png

[leaden hedge]

Night night!

[reef gulch]

something got removed

[runic pollen]

RIP to the forums

[gleaming basalt]

before removal: https://i.imgur.com/su3QfzA.png

[runic pollen]

was kinda excited to have an enfusion engine utopia to chill in

[gleaming basalt]

Had in cache

[reef gulch]

Forum got removed maybe its located somewhere else

[craggy nymph]

anyone getting this when trying to publish

BACKEND (E): [RestApi] ID:[8] Error Code:400 - Bad Request, ApiCode:
BACKEND (E): [RestApi] ID:[9] Error Code:401 - Unauthorized, ApiCode:
DEFAULT (E): Uploading failed! Reason: "Unauthorized"
RESOURCES (E): Publishing failed

[vague hamlet]

They published some tutorials: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_Reforger/Modding/Tutorials
I'm sure I could not see them yesterday.

[turbid mountain]

I think only in workbench when you are making/debugging your own mod.

no SQF is compiled to instructions-ish

[main hollow]

how tf can i create a new prefab?

[pliant hawk]

Just got an idea: Reforger has behavior trees within Zeus. Imagine someone implementing a UI through a mod where you can alter behavior on the fly for unit/groups/faction level with something like tags or something. Like editing a group and assigning "Cautious" "Avoiding" "Suicidal" "CQB" as tags/assignments and the mod will implement the respective tree so that that group avoids combat carefully and tries to flank in for hand to hand combat (or suicide vests)

[bitter hinge]

Hey, a friend just wondered if arma reforger prophunt is possible. Is it?

[brave bramble]

I launched workbench to work on my project and it's available, like I can select it at the start, but when I do the files aren't in the resource browser.

They're just totally gone.

But they're still on my PC.

[craggy nymph]

still anyone got an idea why i wouldnt be authorized to upload on workbench ?

[craggy nymph]

yes would be doable to what quality and enjoyment i can say

[vague wren]

Did DayZ also use the Enfusion Workbench for modding?

[narrow fox]

'llo there,
Seems like if I cannot open any project using the tool launcher. It displays the "Enfusion Engine" logo then just stop and do nothing.
Did I miss something?

[meager flower]

Sooo thats everything we got now for documentation?
seems like its public now but no where any explanation for components or so

[runic pollen]

12 hours ago there were 3 wiki pages

they are pushing out new documentation mega fast now

[brazen plaza]

Make sure you use email, not user name. Worked for me.

[honest zodiac]

has anyone figured out where you define which factions are hostile to each other in the world editor, I have managed to spawn ai as both blufor and opfor but they have yet to shoot at each other or me

[vague wren]

Are these the only documentations by BI? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger

[runic pollen]

although I'd bet there's some community contributions mixed in too

[tight dune]

are you sure you don't have checked "Show runtime files only"?

[brazen plaza]

So I am one of those SQF hackers, any good basic resources on syntax, code structure I can dive into. I am bookmarking the shit of the wiki's.

[tight dune]

if you have it checked, then uncheck it so your non registered files could be visible

[vague wren]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Scripting:_Conventions

[meager flower]

yea but they said the documentation will be available directly
it will take 6+ months if they start the documentation for every GameComponent now

[runic pollen]

🤷‍♂️ I can do just as much about that as you can

[brazen plaza]

Thanks Patrick, I am there.

[brave bramble]

It's not checked.

[runic pollen]

considering you can read the source for pretty much all of the components though, 100% documentation coverage isn't critical

[meager flower]

Yea but there is no documentation right now

There are only some basics
but thats not the documentation at all

definition of a documentation is something different xD

[vague wren]

How can i use Eden in a project? It wont let me override it

[meager flower]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_3:_Scripting_Commands

thats a documentation

[runic pollen]

ok yeah but you should be able to guess what SCR_FlashlightComponent does

you don't need a hand-holding guide for everything

plus you can legit read the code implementing SCR_FlashlightComponent (or whatever component you're wondering about)

it isn't perfect but covers a lot of cases

[meager flower]

You are just trying to make excuses xDD
I hope they got the real documentation ready but just not for public

all good

🤝

[runic pollen]

you're spoiled if you can't program without documentation lmao

[meager flower]

[tight dune]

can you provide some screens or logs?

[brave bramble]

Where do I check logs?

[carmine crow]

Yeah, this isnt great from the content cretaion side of things. I know were on the cutting edge, but there arent any guides on how any of the tools work and some of them are really confusing

[compact zephyr]

Thing is with most documentation, and it was the same for A3. The documentation is written by coders for coders, if you wish to begin your modding career and have little to no experience you will not understand a single thing by reading these docs.

[brave bramble]

I do see this now.

[runic pollen]

yeah, I agree, but the people jumping onto reforger day 0/1 aren't going to be noobs

[compact zephyr]

True

[runic pollen]

100%, biggest problems I've ran into is the lack of documentation for the tools themselves

the language/APIs are fine

but a big menu? no chance

[carmine crow]

I feel like we're back in the same situation we were with RV. The tools are too confusing and lacking in documentation, putting off people

[wet void]

True but good documentation is just good practice

[compact zephyr]

Like we discussed earlier Cloaker, I still haven't been able to figure out how to do class inheritance in this.

[runic pollen]

well right now their "good practice" points are probably all going towards fixing bugs

[runic pollen]

I pulled one of the samples any they magically got overloading to work, so I've got no clue at this point

[wet void]

Yea I understand now, but these documents should have been produced before launch?

[carmine crow]

Then is it ready? We were specificly asked for feedback with reforger, and here it is. Dont deny it, the tools are confusing and the documentation is non-existent

[compact zephyr]

Thing is, I am not looking to replace anything within the game. But rather add.

[runic pollen]

yeah good point, I was thinking the other guy was just talking about documenting the code, so that's my bad

[tight dune]

most likely you are missing Arma Reforger in Enfusion Workbench Launcher

if addon is not working then enfusion fallbacks to vanilla mode

[carmine crow]

Im personally going to make the same choise as with DayZ. Until they sort their things out, i will stick to Arma 3.

[runic pollen]

give me the rundown on what you're trying to do? I'd be guessing same as you but two heads are better than one

[carmine crow]

I dont get paid to make content for these games, so the least i should expect is to not have to deal with a development nightmare

And that applies to everyone

[runic pollen]

depends on how you define development nightmare really, SQF with complete documentation still feels like more a nightmare than this to me

[carmine crow]

Atleast with sqf you know what youre doing

[meager flower]

This.

[wicked crag]

Anyone know why my mission header isn't working? I created a scenarios folder in the root of the mod and added a mission header with SCR_MissionHeader but it still wont appear in scenarios

[carmine crow]

Enforce and workbench honestly feels like a downgrade

[compact zephyr]

Alright so I have a Leupold mk4 spotting scope 3D model. And I want to add it to the game by using the US B22 Binocular base class, so basically using the b22 config but changes a few parameters such as how much it zooms etc. How is this even doable in this? In arma 3 its simple, just write out the correct order of classes you wish to inherit from and change the lines in config you want to change. Boom you're done.

[carmine crow]

It doesnt matter how many fancy tools you have made if nobody knows how to use them

[gleaming basalt]

Chill

The Tools looks good

[meager flower]

No one said anything else

[gleaming basalt]

Docs coming in next few days

[meager flower]

U dont know

we dont know

no one knows

[carmine crow]

@gleaming basalt the tools look good... i just wish i knew how they work

[gleaming basalt]

Me too

[wet void]

At this point the best thing you can do is be patient :)

[carmine crow]

@wet void i suppose. This is just the feedback they requested

[reef ferry]

you either trial and error, or wait to get the necessary documentation

[wicked crag]

^ been trial and erroring my ass off lol

[reef ferry]

it's been under 24h since the release

[carmine crow]

Neither one is a good option. Considering Arma is about being able to create your own things

[wicked crag]

but making progress its the same process I went through with Arma 3

[wet void]

#world_editor message

Defintely trying to get documents out soon :)

[carmine crow]

And of we cant create, then what is this game about

[gleaming basalt]

Give them few dass

*days

[reef ferry]

go create then

[carmine crow]

Cant for the reasons outlined before

[reef ferry]

also, very funny that you're telling me what arma is about

[carmine crow]

Im only parroting what the stream told me

[daring laurel]

Dude quit complaining about shit veyond anyones control right now, go poke at the tools and see what breaks and what doesnt

[carmine crow]

If Reforger is supposed to be a step where we are allowed and meant to voice our opinions, then what im doing is perfectly valid

[daring laurel]

Eventually youll find out whats what

[carmine crow]

I am providing feedback. Exactly the feedback we were asked to provide

[reef ferry]

it is valid indeed, but expecting stuff to work from day1 for an alpha release is also weird at best

[wet void]

There are better ways to feedback moaning.

[meager flower]

the thing is, most things work yea
but if the CEO from BI says "Documentation will be available right now"

then I guess we can expect that

xD

[carmine crow]

So when things dont work, we shouldnt talk about it because it's alpha?

Isnt that the whole point of the alpha? To collect information on features that dont work

[reef ferry]

yeah sure, as i said valid point, but are you certain things don't work?

[carmine crow]

And considering i paid 30€ for an alpha, which is outrageous to begin with, i should be able to expect atleast the bare minimum i.e. being allowed to tell them what is wrong in my opinion

[reef ferry]

or just you have no idea how to make it work

[reef ferry]

you have chosen to pay 30eu for an alpha

[carmine crow]

That is when documentation doesnt work

[reef ferry]

in order to work, it needs to exist

[meager flower]

correct

u got the point

[carmine crow]

So when a part of it is missing, i should be able to tell them its missing and i need it

[opal ingot]

Who's saying you can't voice you're gripes? Voice them, then move on to the next issue if you have any and repeat, or move on

[reef ferry]

you guys would have had a fit back in the day then

[plucky burrow]

You should try making your feedback constructive instead of offering comment with no real point behind all of these messages.

[reef ferry]

you said whatever you wanted to say, you can even send an email

[carmine crow]

@opal ingot he is.

[reef ferry]

but beating the bush is not really gonna make the documentation suddenly pop up on wiki

[carmine crow]

Ive had a fit every time. But this time we were specifically asked to voice our concerns

[opal ingot]

The complaints is what he's getting annoyed at, pointing out issues to then move on and shitting on things are two different things

[reef ferry]

also, would be nice to actually ask a question about what you are trying to achive

maybe someone actually knows how to help you out

[carmine crow]

That's the part wher ei poke and figure out

My concern is that this part can be streamlined and removed entirely if there was documentation

Cutting potentially hundreds of hours into under 2 digits

[wheat locust]

bro it's been a day

[plucky burrow]

not even a day 🙂

[wheat locust]

documentation hasn't gone up yet

[carmine crow]

It's been 8 years since Arma 3

[wheat locust]

ok

it's been less than a day since reforger came out

[wraith knot]

HOW DO I MAKE A MAP

[reef ferry]

if that would be the case, there would be no tutorials out there for software and platforms / engines that have documenation from day0

[wheat locust]

not sure how those are related

[carmine crow]

It's been 2022 years roughky sibce we started counting time

[opal ingot]

Different dev's have in just about every channel stated documentation is being actively worked on and will be released by the weekend, chill out. It wasn't fully prepared by release, release wasn't gonna be delayed purely for some documents.

[carmine crow]

How is it related in any way when we get our hands on the alpha release and when the developers shouldve realized "oh, maybe they need to know how these things work in order to use them"

[wise axle]

Nica its early access bruh take a chill pill.

[opal ingot]

Also, we aren't cold turkey here, there is documentation it just is limited currently.

[shadow spire]

You're feeding the troll

[wheat locust]

so you know they somehow didn't know that, how exactly?

[carmine crow]

in that case it was a poor release

[wheat locust]

they've said the documentation is coming soon

[reef ferry]

i am gonna stop here

[wise axle]

Also just read through the source code its easy to reverse engineer loads of what they have

[carmine crow]

And im saying it shouldve been here before

[opal ingot]

Thats just wrong, shit happens and small things won't delay the release itself.

[reef ferry]

you are now arguing for the sake of arguing

[crimson remnant]

I feel completely dumbfounded when using the tools? Is it normal that it opens a new windows for everything I double click (World editor tutorial mission)? Also closing one window closes all the tool windows and I have to restart.

[wheat locust]

and I'm saying you should have at least a little bit of patience

[wise axle]

Bruh im talking about their SCR files.

[plucky burrow]

I feel sorry for anyone wanting to ask genuine questions about the Workbench with all this off-topic discussions going on over everything.

[daring laurel]

they are talking about the engine itself

[wise axle]

The publically available script files.

[opal ingot]

Templates have been uploaded to github, and those who don't complain but actually ask questions in the relevant channels have been getting all the information they have needed.

[carmine crow]

You said source code, which is very different frlm the script files

[wise axle]

Not the fkn engine

[daring laurel]

Its alright my dude

[wise axle]

Its not different, both are SOURCE CODE. NOT COMPILED

[carmine crow]

When will you understand that i am trying to provide feedback

Whateverlost cause

[reef ferry]

reverse engineering is the wrong term, but whatever, you can openly walk backwards if you really wanted to

[wheat locust]

your feedback is there's no documentation

[reef ferry]

@plucky burrowshoot

[wheat locust]

which is coming

it's not useful feedback when it's obviously already known by the devs and is in the process of being addressed

[opal ingot]

I get that, but you have voiced this. So move on, you have gotten to the point where you are just going in circles blaming the dev's and calling it a bad release. That is not the same as providing feedback.

[shadow spire]

People who are crying about lack of documentation instead of waiting patiently and poking around in the tools and learning what they can are the same people who will move on to the next game in a week. They don't really want documentation, because they're never going to learn to use the tools, they just want to complain

[carmine crow]

I keep getting asked new questions and im just replying to them

[brave bramble]

@tight dune This might've been me being dumb, but I wrote in 'core' and 'ArmaReforger' as dependencies which seems to be an issue suddenly, though it wasn't yesterday.

[carmine crow]

You have no idea what feedback means in that case

[brave bramble]

I opened the gjproj in a text editor and cleared the array.

Now I get an engine failed to initialize start-up crash.

I'm going to look at the sample mod gjproj and see what they have in dependencies.

[wise axle]

Fair enough if the docs were coming in 2 weeks or a month. Literally just 1 day.

[tight dune]

how did you created your new addon?

[brave bramble]

In the Workbench

I think this is just me being dumb haha

[fluid breach]

Could anybody point me towards some resources for learning scripting, please? I'm proficient with .sqf but haven't touched any other language except Powershell, so I'm feeling a bit lost looking at all this. I feel like I need some foundation knowledge of OOP or something

[brave bramble]

Yup fixed.

I had wrote down names for the dependencies.

Not the GUID.

[tight dune]

so you did in text editor? 🤔

[brave bramble]

I fixed it in a text editor.

[tight dune]

you can create new addon directly in Enfusion Workbench Launcher

[brave bramble]

I initially did it all in workbench.

Yeah.

I did. 😄

[tight dune]

so you created new project when you didn't have arma reforger registered?

[quick grove]

Is it possible to retexture the existing assets right now with Workbench as it is today? Like say something small like add a flag to the paint or something?

[brave bramble]

After I put the dependencies in I couldn't edit the addon in the Workbench, because it'd crash before I was able to.

So I had to do it in a text editor.

[tight dune]

yes, sample modded weapon & car are examples of something like that

[brave bramble]

Pretty sure it's registered.

[quick grove]

Very cool will have to have a play, thank you.

[brave bramble]

This was all working fine yesterday and then when I went to bed it was broken in the morning but it's fixed now.

idk

[tepid swallow]

Anyone else having issues logging into your BI workshop account in the workbench?

[brave bramble]

But it's alright now.

[quick grove]

Do you use Steam on BI site?

[tepid swallow]

I just linked it to my BI account

Get error code 400 in the workbench console

[quick grove]

Hmmmm not sure sorry.

I was having a different issue I solved by resetting password.

[brave bramble]

Btw do wish there was a way for strings to be displayed with their actual text in configs rather than just the string ID

[storm harness]

Hello, where we found Workbench ?

[vague hamlet]

steam -> your games -> search Arma Reforger there you should see the Arma Reforger tools as a steam game. Just download and start.

[wicked crag]

Anyone know why my mod isn't working as a scenario? I've used a MissionHeader config in a Scenarios folder however it still doesn't show up

[compact zephyr]

@tight dune I'm trying to launch the game via world editor with the green play button, but it says "No GameMode present in the world, using fallback logic!"

[quick grove]

Where does one find these samples?

[reef ferry]

#reforger_samples

[quick grove]

AH awesome thanks

Still getting used to the new stuff

[tight dune]

what Pufu wrote + https://github.com/BohemiaInteractive/Arma-Reforger-Samples/

[quick grove]

I am a bit dumb at finding Discord channels, appreciated.

[tight dune]

did you loaded empty eden? If yes, then there is no game mode there as error suggest so you cannot spawn/control character

you can take a look at basic game mode setup in the samples https://github.com/BohemiaInteractive/Arma-Reforger-Samples/tree/main/SampleMod_Main/Worlds/Modding

[compact zephyr]

I didnt load anything, I did what you showed me in the samples. Dragged and dropped and configured the M22 as my inheritance. And I pressed play thinking it would launch the game in the viewport window like it says it will, to test if my new bino works. But nothing loads.

[compact zephyr]

I will have a look

[tight dune]

play button launches current world. If its empty, then you are going to play on empty world (minus that m22)

[compact zephyr]

Alright, kinda tidious having to setup a world file for testing something as simple as a single item. Why isn't the world editor equipped with a base world setup? With a single playable character in a open empty space. Kinda like VR map on A3?

[tight dune]

because world editor is tool for creating worlds

you can always use that world from sample to test your scenarios quickly

[compact zephyr]

I understand that, but why is the world editor even needed for testing a single object like a binocular, rifle, pistol whatever?

Is there another way to load up the game with my modified files to test?

[winter oriole]

Is there a list of scripting commands for Reforger somewhere online?

[compact zephyr]

I might be wrong here, but it just feels very strange having to run a map editor to test if my binocular works lol, an item that doesnt have any relevance to mapping what so ever

[storm harness]

great thanks 😉

[tight dune]

someone else could say it is weird to launch full game to test something as simple as binoculars 😉 It's something different compared to Arma 3 but you will have to get used to it

in the end, world editor play mode is much faster than loading whole game

[compact zephyr]

Yeah true, Its just what I am used to I guess

[tight dune]

and quick iteration is crucial for learning by trial and error

[compact zephyr]

Yeah having to quit the game and repack pbo's then relaunch for trial and error is a pita

[narrow fox]

'llo there,
Seems like if I cannot open any project using the tool launcher. When choosing/opening a project It displays the "Enfusion" logo then just stop and do nothing.
Did I miss something?

[wicked crag]

trial and error was very annoying in A3 if your texture was off you would have to change the texture in substance painter or whatever, convert to .paa, transfer files over, pack the .pbo's, loadup the game, setup the character or object and then see what it looks like

and if its something you can only test in a server it gets even more annoying

[twin knot]

does anyone know which file path we need to use for the addons section in the properties of the enfusion tools in blender?

[junior canyon]

sorry if this has been asked a million times but has the documentation been released yet?

[twin knot]

some, not much.

[tight dune]

#enfusion_blender_tools here you can find more info

[junior canyon]

alright guess i'll wait until they are released before i continue tinkering with it. Cheers for that

[twin knot]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_Reforger/Modding

[civic jacinth]

is there any mod makers here willing to help someone out, i want to learn how to make clothes and small animations but got no idea where to start lmao

[reef ferry]

i doubt there are many modders out there right now knowing how to make mods for reforger considering it was released under 24h ago

[civic jacinth]

it uses the enfusion engine so far it doesnt look horrible but

[valid reef]

I need to login into the workbench using my BI account to pack mods for distribution? (Mikero, save us)

[turbid mountain]

Is your mission config registered (right-click->register) ?
That should create a .meta file for it.
There might be some extra I can try to check later maybe. I made a mission thing but I don't have it here

[wicked crag]

Currently I have
my .ent world file
1x Model with textures in data folder
1x Scenarios folder with a .config for SCR_MissionHeader

I tried to register the .config however it was grayed out

all I want to do is add my vehicle playground to the workshop D:

[tight dune]

if it is already registered, then it is greyed out

[wicked crag]

I wouldn't know what else to do

I've been going off of this document
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Capture_%26_Hold_Setup

[tight dune]

so it should be enough to see it in workshop

[wicked crag]

You can see it in the workshop however when you download it you can't play it because it's not a scenario

I'm trying to make it a scenario so players can just load it up and play

[tight dune]

Vehicle Playground addon, right?

[wicked crag]

yes

ignore the recent 13 patches >.>

[tight dune]

it has to be in Missions folder if I recall correctly

yours is in Scenarios

[wicked crag]

I noticed that when I went through the Eden/Tutorial worlds

The documentation is wrong then

[tight dune]

or wait

your config is empty?

[wicked crag]

however I did test it as Missions and it still didn't work because it needs a missions file or something

it shouldn't be

ah it is

weird let me try again however when it was filled before it wouldn't work

[tight dune]

Try it in Missions and with filled data

I will change documentation in the meantime

[wicked crag]

RESOURCES (E): Failed to load metafile of mission config image: 
DEFAULT   (E): Cannot copy image: 
RESOURCES (E): Creating bundle failed

This is the message I get when I try to bundle the mod with
SCR_MissionHeader
with the folder Missions

If I do with the Scenarios folder I wouldn't get an error

[tight dune]

so Missions folder is correct

you need to add some Preview Image in the addon

and then link it in mission config

[wheat cloud]

Is there a "map" view in the workbench? Something for editing like map markers and such

[heady mauve]

Is anybody else having trouble logging into your bohemia account from inside the game? I want to see my private mod. 🙂

[junior canyon]

Had issues earlier but managed to get in, if you sign in through steam and then go to login details there you can change email and password. To sign in through the game use the email that you used in the login details and the password you set as well

[honest zodiac]

has anybody been able to get combat behaviour from placed AI in the world editor, I have got two groups moving about with waypoints, and if I go into gamemaster it shows them as two different factions yet they dont shoot at each other, nor at players?

[grave kraken]

How do you get to the Config editor?

I've been trying to find that menu for hours lol

[grave kraken]

This one. ^^

[tight dune]

double click on config file

[karmic moat]

So anyone developing a PC UI yet?

[grave kraken]

Oh right. Brill thank you.

[tight dune]

there is no such thing

[karmic moat]

I can't wait for the documentation to drop 👀

[buoyant depot]

hehe i crashed workbench c:

[junior canyon]

think i may of found a bug, if you use the resource browser and navigate to the skybox folder it'll crash

[buoyant depot]

hey thats what i did

[junior canyon]

haha

was trying to set up a skybox as well?

[buoyant depot]

maybe

possibly

[junior canyon]

lmao

[buoyant depot]

i saw World Editor

you know i cant refuse

[junior canyon]

honestly

trying to figure out how to get terrain tool working

[buoyant depot]

caveman brain will use trial and error (mostly error) to figure it out

[junior canyon]

all unga bunga techniques until the documentation drops

[buoyant depot]

yes.

so im finding some things out

nevermind dead end

[dreamy kestrel]

How do you guys test your mods? I can't figure it out

[buoyant depot]

haha i crashed it again

[wicked crag]

Thank you guys for helping me out with the scenario issue who knew you're supposed to have the image file inside the mod lol I thought the converted one is good enough

But Vehicle Playground is now available on the workshop :D

[junior canyon]

congrats

[bitter hinge]

Hey, so I just found out there's a clone wars mod. and its in the megabites sizes of 141. But no pictures.

[buoyant depot]

crashed it for a third time

[junior canyon]

probably trying to be the first to get something star wars related out

regardless if it actually is what it is

[bitter hinge]

Also I notice there's a patrol ops mission in the workshop being worked on

[junior canyon]

anyone elses workbench crashes when saving a world?

[bitter hinge]

the clone wars mod is by CC-4576 Azex apparently.

[compact zephyr]

There are a few "mods" on the workshop page that actually aren't mods at all. When hovering over them they give a brief description like "This will aim to bring weapons and equipment from bla bla into the game" But when actually clicking on it and reading the further description it says " We are a Arma 3 unit, here is our discord and here is our teamspeak"

Units are using the new workshop to advertise A3 units.

[glad solstice]

yo they said theres a lot of documentation for Workbench. where its at? probably good idea to pin it in this channel

[dreamy kestrel]

Most of it is not available yet

[junior canyon]

Hasn't been released yet, there are sample mods made by devs

[glad solstice]

oh

[junior canyon]

well thats something. Soon they'll be compiling modpacks into a single download for only their server like the dayZ workshop

[spiral totem]

Anyone know if PhysX is still the main API for physics or is it something else?

[glad solstice]

already seeing the workshop being used to advertise things and communities

[wicked crag]

Is there a way to check the stats of your mod?

[junior canyon]

not sure but i would only assume that you could see it on the main arma workshop page

[junior canyon]

reporting those "mods" may be what has to be done

[glad solstice]

is it even possible to have mods private?

i guess if installation is from ingame for everyone then the answer is no, for now... till theres an external 3rd party mod management stuff like arma3sync or whatnot

so 'advertisement' is kind of unavoidable. if my community needs to make a mod or combine a bunch into one, then itll appear publicly for everyone

[buoyant depot]

OML

I OPENED EVERON IN THE WORLD EDITOR

I CAN EDIT EVERON

[glad solstice]

i love the future

[junior canyon]

100% until there is a way to private mods it'll be inevitable but i would assume if the mod is legit just a 1mb file made to just advertise then that'll probs be report worthy

[glad solstice]

BI gonna hire a full team of mod reviewers to keep the workshop clean i bet Clueless

it always goes well when a team of developers has to manually review and approve/decline content made by players

[jagged pilot]

Yeah The WFAR mod, (Which I posted) it is currently nothing more then that yes. I didn't have the time to fix the issues to get it's flags and assets to work.

[edgy oracle]

Anyone figure out terrain creation workflow yet? What should I expect?

[compact zephyr]

Yeah alright fair

[south imp]

please, where are Roughness Metallic, and AO
because i have only BCR MAP AND normal map

?

when i edit a .emat

[buoyant depot]

im assuming at this point you CANNOT create your own terrain/world

[foggy agate]

R normalX
G normalY
B metallic
A ao

R diffR
G diffG
B diffB
A roughness

[buoyant depot]

there is a terrain tool but it is grayed out and unavailable to use and im working on figuring out how to enable it

[hexed pewter]

you can blanch

[buoyant depot]

ah.

maybe i am the caveman

[hexed pewter]

u need to add a generic terrain item. right click it. at bottom. click create terrain

[south imp]

i have only BCR MAP
OPACITY MAP
Normal POWER

I can modify only 3

[hexed pewter]

then terrain tool will work

[jagged pilot]

Play in the world editor iirc. Basically boots the game with the mod loaded in the Enfusion workbench itself.

[hexed pewter]

warning tho. it crashes ALOT when importing height maps for ur terain lol

[junior canyon]

i have managed to load into the world editor and run around as a character but only when i load the tutorial world. Gotta figure out how to place a playable character

[ionic fossil]

you can use SpawnPoint_USSR/US/FIA for spawning in players

[junior canyon]

cheers for that

FYI for others, make sure when you save you dont save to a folder that has a padlock otherwise the program will straight up crash

[pallid fern]

Come to #enfusion_texture

[foggy agate]

Mind adding me as a friend? Wanna ask you a bunch of questions about that mod, but I don't really wanna chat in here about it for now hahaha

[edgy oracle]

What kind of files can we import?

[pallid fern]

Okay? So did you come to complain or did you need help?

[hexed pewter]

i was using just a png. not tried others for it yet.

[pallid fern]

Aha, misunderstood that. Sorry then.

[foggy agate]

Seems like your account is not accepting friend request

[hazy crypt]

We use .tiff mostly

[carmine patrol]

https://wiki.reforger.armaplatform.com/ is this link dead for everyone or just me?

[edgy oracle]

Dead. If you go back to the root wiki page you get a different link now. But there is only 2 articles with zero information

[carmine patrol]

damn. any idea when it will be up?

[turbid mountain]

Wiki is in the process of going up, see #biki_changelog
The main reforger article has "subcategories" at the bottom, that leads to much of the stuff

[vague wren]

Hey, how do the PIP Scopes work in Reforger? Is it a material?

[pearl pier]

Wouldn't that be necessary for development?

[glad solstice]

why

look at the workshop, theres only like 2 working mods, everything else is WIP broken stuff

[pearl pier]

If your working with a team on a mod, it would be not too great to need to publish it for everyone in your team to have access

[pseudo spindle]

Holy moly. Please share your wisdom!

[honest zodiac]

Drag the group_base.et into your world and then in the object properties you can add prefabs for the units and make a list of waypoints for them to follow, but I still cant get them to fight :(

You also need the SCR_AIWorld, then in the components for that there is something called NavmeshWorldComponent, which you need to edit and add the GM_Eden.nmn as the Navmesh file otherwise the ai dont path around stuff

[wheat cloud]

You can still use github or the like to share files internally

[pearl pier]

But then you have to test them ingame

[grave kraken]

Go to your documents/My games/ArmaReforger/addons

There you will find all the addons.

[twin knot]

To be able to make clothing I suggest learning Blender, Marvelous Designer and Substance Painter. What your asking would take somebody days/weeks to teach you so I suggest YouTube tutorials.

[pearl pier]

Isn't that essentially what can be called "private mods" or do I just not understand, what they are?

[grave kraken]

Which I believe can then be transferred to github an entire package that your team can work on without being publish.

[grave kraken]

From what I know thats the location of where the addons you make or download get placed. As that is also where my test addon is located that I briefly made.

So theoretically yes it can be a private addon.

[worthy kayak]

But when it's finished , you publish the mod and then everybody can modify it ?

[grave kraken]

No, when you create a addon on the workbenc it gets placed in that folder.

So as long as YOU don't publish it you'll be fine.

[wanton junco]

RESOURCES    : Packaging project successful
RESOURCES (E): Failed to load metafile of mission config image: 
DEFAULT   (E): Cannot copy image: 
RESOURCES (E): Creating bundle failed

What does it mean? It doesn't specify the image that is missing

[grave kraken]

The process would be something like this:

1. Open up Workbench and create the details you are tasked with making, from the team.
2. Once finished go to that file directory, and transfer those files to the next person in the team.
3. Don't publish the mod unless you want people to see what your working on.

[kind topaz]

Hello, has anyone tried to make a scenario? we are trying but even following the tutorial the created scenario does not appear in the list of scenarios once inside the game

[wanton junco]

I'm just there to

You have to build it, using workbench Publisher

[pearl pier]

Yeah, as I see, it's also visible by the folder name. created ones have real names, downloaded a hexdecimal identifier

[grave kraken]

Yes.

[vague wren]

Can I export models from blender to a .xob file into Enfusion Workbench

Or how do .xob's work

[grave kraken]

So you can still collaborate with a team.

[broken gulch]

It feels very different from DAYZ.
I want to create an object, but I can't define a Class, how?

For example, to determine a faction or.....

[grave kraken]

#enfusion_model message
There is that way or wait for the documentation.

[vague wren]

Ahh perfect, thank you

[broken gulch]

ahh!

thx

[digital jewel]

Do we need to install tools while making mods?

[grave kraken]

Whatcha mean?

[valid reef]

there is no feedback button in the workbench... I just want to know if the devs are aware of the problem logging-in in the workbench

https://i.imgur.com/NshtElm.png

And to let them know that needing to login to bundle a mod is a horrible idea

[grave kraken]

It's done that way to allow for cross platform mod downloading.

[turbid mountain]

In your mission config, you NEED to have a preview image, it cannot be empty

[valid reef]

But I do not want to make my mod cross platform to begin with

[grave kraken]

I can't answer that.

[wanton junco]

In my mission.conf right? I already got it. The default placeholder_1.edds

[turbid mountain]

Is there some ohter image field thats empty?

[wanton junco]

in the .conf nope

[grave kraken]

Try moving the rear sight LOD or whatever the thing is called back more I noticed when I was messing about with the Samples for optics they put them far back.

[wheat cloud]

Any idea why my scroll wheel just stops working in the world editor sometimes?

[wanton junco]

Icon: Default.edds
Loading Screen: placeholder_1,edds
Preview Image: placeHolder_1,edds

[turbid mountain]

Default?-
Maybe thats broken, try putting a image file inside your mod directly, and then use that. Maybe it has to be inside your mod files and not referenced from elsewherer

[grave kraken]

Sight point rear yeh.

[wanton junco]

ok

[honest zodiac]

the controls are kinda wierd, if you hold right click and scroll in/out it will change the camera speed. So you might have scrolled out so far the speed is near 0

[grave kraken]

I'll send SS hold one.

[kind topaz]

does it have to be edds?

[wheat cloud]

Oh my god thats gross

Ok thanks

[turbid mountain]

yes, but i think if you put png it autoconverts

[twin osprey]

Anything up on how to just have a spawn point so you can actually test your world in the world editor?

[grave kraken]

https://ibb.co/f1Jx0ZF

[wheat cloud]

Also, is the slotting screen kill?

[wanton junco]

In the scenario Tutorial it sohows you how to do it

[grave kraken]

Oh.

[turbid mountain]

there are 3, icon, loading screen and preview image, you have all 3 yeah?
your error definitely references some missing/empty image.
I really think its a image field with no text in it

can you send me your mod files maybe? via zip in dm and i can take a quick look

[grave kraken]

I do not know then. When making models and stuff I always do it through blender or used to for the Arma process.

[wanton junco]

ok

[vague hamlet]

you have to place a spawnpoint prefab like SpawnPoint_FFA.et

[grave kraken]

https://github.com/BohemiaInteractive/Arma-Reforger-Samples/tree/main/SampleMod_NewWeapon/Assets/Weapons/Rifles/SampleWeapon_01

Try using the sample model and importing it.

Compare it with yours.

Ah.

I'm just as bamboozled as you then.

[gritty fog]

Terrain Preparation
At minimum, a new test scenario built in World Editor requires the following prefabs:

GameMode_Deathmatch_Automatic.et - this prefab contains Deathmatch game mode configuration
FactionManager_FFA.et - prefab defining which factions are participating in the game. FFA means represents Free For All, meaning there is only one faction
SpawnPoint_FFA.et - spawn point with FFA specific configuration
LoadoutManager_FFA.et - respawn loadout manager - the FFA variants contains all available loadouts for both USSR & US characters
All those prefabs can be placed in World Editor's viewport by drag and dropping them from the Resource Browser.

[gritty fog]

shift+f7 to test scripts

[grave kraken]

(Stupid question) Is your "barrel_muzzle" at the end of your gun barrel?

Have you made the FireGeometry?

I have no idea if it's linked but going by fire I would presume it would be.

https://ibb.co/jb7gXVY

Using the AK as a thing for explaining here but under the Colliders there are interaction layers, one of those is Fire Geometry.

When you click on it, should bring up like a purple outline of the weapon or object.

Like this.

https://ibb.co/BwHvgBS

[twin osprey]

Is there something I need to do to enable collision with terrain? I'm not sure if i'm just falling through my terrain here or something else is happening for this result.
https://streamable.com/5m0z15

[grave kraken]

Set your Layerpreset if your able to, to Weapon.

Above interactionLayers.

Not sure if you can edit it from there.

Ah you only have the one Colider.

Which is the body.

https://ibb.co/GC9TwC1

This is what the base M16 has.

So it could be the firegeometry. And/Or your interaction Layers.

Only problem, I don't know how you edit them.

No harm in trying it.

At this point I think it's just a case of finding how to change the layer preset.

But idk thats just from looking at the situation on my end.

[forest oxide]

Ok, stupid question here : How do I navigate the camera with WASD keys? I can do it just fine with the mouse scrollwheel (scrolling to zoom in/out, press and drag to move). Am I missing something?

I'm talking about flying around in the World

[turbid mountain]

hold right click and WASD?

[forest oxide]

hold right click! shoot me

thank you

[elfin belfry]

More documentation coming?

[vague pecan]

I hope so

I cant even get a mission to appear in scenarios

created a Missions folder, put in a SCR_MissionHeader with a Eden sub-world and enabled mod.. nothing

[soft blaze]

funny finding you here, why did you delete your ron mods server?

[pseudo spindle]

Did you assign a picture? Thats necessary. Had the same issue.

[vague pecan]

oh really

ill try that thx

yeh it has placeholder_1.edds

[oblique flax]

How can I use the publisher, I am getting a 400 error whenever I try to use it. I have searched far and wide but I have not found a solution

[slate thunder]

are the docs out yet

[plain hatch]

i can't login

BACKEND   (E): Error response: {"url":"/game-identity/api/v1.1/identities/reforger/auth","message":"ErrID: 5cd2d292-e451-4b24-a55a-1bf9110bcbe2: Authorization failed, check your token."}```

[forest oxide]

Ok, if anybody is ahead of me - All I want to do is load up an empty Eden map and place down one single playable soldier slot. How 🙂

I've gotten to where I have an empty Everon sub-scened from the main map. I've tried placing down anything that has "spawn" and the like on the map, no dice

[plain pawn]

people are never gonna let it go lmao

[vague wren]

How can i view the script file for the M21?

Somehow whenever I change values from a Prefab and I press "Apply to prefab" nothing changes and the values are default

[cosmic echo]

Any cool mods so far?

[hot stream]

What is the workbench like

Is it any easier to mod now

[grave kraken]

A couple people have put out mods, for the rest we're still trying to learn off the past chat logs. For now it's a waiting game for the documentation.

[hot stream]

Because i want a mk18 mod

[cosmic echo]

No documentation?

[ivory quail]

the release all about mods and they dont have any documentation lol

feels good

[grave kraken]

Waiting for it to be released.

Some documentation has been released so far but not all of it.

[alpine brook]

Hello i can't publish mod "BACKEND (E): [RestApi] ID:[7] Error Code:400 - Bad Request, ApiCode"

[grave kraken]

I believe thats the error for not being logged into BI, go workbench top left and login.

[alpine brook]

i've try but also same error with 2 account

[grave kraken]

Oh, I am unsure then.

[turbid mountain]

Yes, see #biki_changelog for progress

[turbid mountain]

That doesn't work, see known issues page, i linked in #enfusion_scenario

[grave kraken]

I bet your having a field day huh Dedmen.

[brazen plaza]

Will map mods be possible?

[turbid mountain]

More of an : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA day.

[turbid mountain]

Terrains? Yes!

[thorny linden]

I expect Eden: Reforged on my desk pronto!

[brazen plaza]

Dope. Hope someone makes some cool desert maps

[hot stream]

We need a cqb map

[thorny linden]

it's arma you'll have more desert maps than you'll know what to do with

[hot stream]

Anyone going to work on a mk18 mod

[thorny linden]

It's all yours dude

[twin osprey]

Anyone know why this is happening? I asked earlier but didn't get a response. https://streamable.com/5m0z15

[brazen plaza]

Reforger TFL???!?

🙀

[turbid mountain]

Eh yeah, you don't actually want to start in a unit right?

At the top, i think next to the play button there is a drop-down menu for options, and there is a respawn on camera, disable that

[twin osprey]

I just want to be able to spawn and walk around on the terrain I generated

I had the spawn on camera disabled

[vague wren]

When I press "Apply to prefab" the configuration of the weapon is not saved, as soon as i hit play

Any clues why this happens?

[worthy kayak]

how do you get infos on the player ? for example the player health ?

[gleaming basalt]

i followed this tutorial about Scripting https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Scripting_Example

But my console is doing nothing when i press run. Game is running in World edit. Any Ideas what i can do?

[rocky stag]

pause game by hitting a breakpoint, then click run

[vague wren]

Yup, CTRL+S

[gleaming basalt]

But how if the code never get executed

[grave kraken]

Oh

What did you do if you don't mind me asking?

Ah

[unborn crane]

where is workbench ?

[lofty schooner]

steam tools

[grave kraken]

Go Library, search Reforge Tools.

Oh.

[unborn crane]

oh thanks .. I was looking for "enfusion"

[grave kraken]

Interesting, well good to see you got it working in the end, you managed to get it in full auto or you still having the bug where it fires from the sight still?

[half pilot]

For some reason Enfusion cant logging in, Anyone have any clue why does this happen?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/976190496143708191/976402525097951252/unknown.png?size=4096

[grave kraken]

Could be a Muzzle offset?

Same thing with the sight.

[lost minnow]

Q; is it some how possible to export or duplicate a texture file in to the addon you making?

[iron tusk]

Am i the only one getting an erorr trying to log in into my BI account from workrbench ? with an error 400

[grave kraken]

Oh.

[lofty schooner]

nope quite a few have issues

[grave kraken]

Again, it appears I'm at a loss.

[lofty schooner]

question. can you create a prefab or do i need to just duplicate an existing one and modify it?

[iron tusk]

any solution or just wait uh ?

[lofty schooner]

wheres the option at, i cant find it to save my life

[knotty lark]

Sorry for the beginner question, is there a tutorial on how to get started with modding in Reforger? When I click on workbench there is only the downloadable content but where do I start creating my own stuff?

[lofty schooner]

yep im here. ill probably end up duplicating for the time being, just would still like to know

[lofty schooner]

once i get comfortable enough with the toolset i plan on recording a few to get people started and add to my channel

[grave kraken]

Lmao, well. not worth having a gun that shoots you in the face is it? Either way, at least you figured it out, took a good minute but you learned.

Kinda cool ngl.

Way to make it come out the right side?

Two days worth of work. Job well done.

Thats if you wanna get the materials done by today that is.

From what I've seen yes.

Good job!

You can now officially say you were the first to mod a firearm into Reforge.

[whole ore]

Congrats yo

[grave kraken]

https://ibb.co/hVyHthn

Just saw this.

[whole ore]

Time to make an acog for it 😮

[grave kraken]

Yeh.

SVD has unattachable PSO

You can detach the GP 25 off the AK as well.

[whole ore]

I wonder how hard it will be to mod Picture in Picture scopes

[minor lodge]

Anyone getting an error?

Publishing failed!
See console for details.

Console has nothing though.

[neon raven]

Alright, I've followed the https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Capture_%26_Hold_Setup to the end and all works, but I am not sure how to launch Reforger with the mod enabled.
Do I just normally launch Reforger, go into workshop->downloaded and enable it?
Because if so, I probably fucked up somewhere, as I don't see it in scenarios any ideas?

[compact zephyr]

How can I test my mod? Do I have to publish it first?

[grave kraken]

Tbf, I mean no harm when I say this, but congrats to the person who did make the Honey Badger, but you used an AK reload animation.

[compact zephyr]

Thats what I was trying, just using gamemaster world and putting down arsenal box. I have asset, prefab and config

[grave kraken]

I'm gonna have a go myself when the docs come out.

No rush.

[compact zephyr]

What am I doing wrong?

What does your config look like?

I asume you're using Arsenal to get the gun

I see

Why would you do that?

Yeah fair, just curious since you're not really adding to the game but rather replacing

I'll try it this way myself with the M22 Binocular

Just to see if I can get it working

[grave kraken]

Freddy have you got a collection of weapons or something you gonna try and get in? Saw you had a Spotting scope you were trying to get in but nothing more.

[wise axle]

has anyone able to add a UI widget?

[compact zephyr]

I've mostly done optics in the past. I have a few rifles as well that I might try when I actually understand more of this

[spark briar]

How can i replace hit particles? I have ready .ptc files with parameters i need, so how can i do they work in game?

[rocky stag]

Any breakpoint works anywhere, some code always runs

[elfin belfry]

Is there a documentation for AI and AI customizations? (pathing, logic, FSM,...)

[thick eagle]

what you mean by add a UI widget ? do you mean add it in the player screen ?

[vagrant ore]

It not broken?

Epic

[lofty schooner]

question. so i made a simple class that inherits from SCR_BaseGameModeComponent that i want to add to a game mode prefab. im assuming i need to turn this from a script into a component to add it? if so how can i do that. i see no options anywhere in that regard

[grave kraken]

Oh right, has someone linked you the weapon modding doc? Could help.

[wise axle]

yep I figugred it out 🙂

[thick eagle]

ok all good 🙂

[wise axle]

I'm making better ui

with more info

[thick eagle]

nice

[compact zephyr]

I've had a look yeah, I'm starting with Binocular and Moving to attachments. Then finally a rifle

Got my binocular working now, just have to figure out how to make the character hold it properly. Right now its just floating in the air 😛

[grave kraken]

Progress, it's lovely isn't it.

[wise axle]

nice man

[compact zephyr]

I also need to figure out how to make the binocular variable zoom, just like how the M21 riflescope works

Since I want 12-40 magnification. I have it configured to 40x static now, and oh boy the game looks pretty darn good even with that much magnification

[grave kraken]

Go on give us a peek.

[analog marsh]

Any word on that file directory bug discussed earlier? I help run an Arma community and wanna know if it's been resolved

[lost raptor]

Same issue here.

[neon raven]

What's the difference between dependencies of ArmaReforger and Core?

[compact zephyr]

https://i.imgur.com/6zGmxRO.png

https://i.imgur.com/PAIJSOP.png

[lofty schooner]

good to know their lod system works well that far lol

[analog marsh]

Any updates on this?

[compact zephyr]

Yeah the game looks very good even that far, Its actually a 45x magnification atm looking at a hill roughly 1.5-2km away

[lofty schooner]

didnt some people mention that only in the editor can you do things such as that, but in game you cant? not 100% sure

[lost minnow]

Some what possible to export texture files or finding them?

[elfin belfry]

LMAO, is it time to host a server that deletes system 32 on clients?

[spark briar]

Hi, I want to swap the hit particles for different materials. I have customized ones .ptc hit particles, how can I use them in the game?

[lofty schooner]

where do you go to create a prefab? i cant figure out how to create prefabs and components anywhere

[rocky stag]

how to make sense of this error? https://imgur.com/a/nOMBzNI

[signal vector]

is there some sort of quick start tutorial or smtn i can follow to start my first project in the reforger tools? im mostly interested in scripting

[lofty schooner]

at the bottom it shows whats needed to get started. drop those prefabs into your level and you can spawn in and possess a character. from there i have no clue, still cant figure out how to make prefabs and components from scratch to start lol
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Scripting_Modding

[signal vector]

tysm

[lost minnow]

I have problems getting the string table to function

I have:
mod.\Language\localization.st with a id
and i refering to it from the prefab

but i only get the # id and not the string it self

[mint raven]

Have a obscene amount of legitimate military 3D assets, weapons, gear and characters.. also experience with Unreal, Substance Painter, Bridge, World Creator.. anyone more on the coding side that would like to team up and put something decent together for Reforger?

Not a fan of the Cold War setting 👀

[white marlin]

how do u get into arma reforger tools or workbench

[half pilot]

steam tools

[junior sinew]

how can i animate a first person weapon? is there a rig for the character arms or something?

[mint raven]

there is a rig, download their example from git, they have blend files and fbx

[mint raven]

https://github.com/BohemiaInteractive/Arma-Reforger-Samples

[white marlin]

and wheres that

[thorny silo]

Any place I can grab documentation? Didn't see anything pinned so I wanted to check

[junior sinew]

i'll look into the folders then

[thorny silo]

Or are we all flying blind so far

[mint raven]

here you go https://github.com/BohemiaInteractive/Arma-Reforger-Samples/tree/main/SampleMod_NewCharacter

[rocky stag]

steam, libary check tools

[spark briar]

How can i replace hit particles? I have ready .ptc files with parameters i need, so how can i do they work in game?

[junior sinew]

btw is it normal that sample mods disable themselves when i try to create a game master game?

[mint raven]

as far as scripting goes, the DayZ resources might be helpful, since it's the same engine.

[half pilot]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709548198607192094/976549388195360858/unknown.png?size=4096

[rocky stag]

@white marlin https://imgur.com/a/MZv8yuQ

[thorny silo]

Biggest interest at the moment is terrain mucking, want to figure out height map imports. Maybe I can finally get that LIDAR data imported

[white marlin]

got it thanks

[junior canyon]

I've made a terrain but the terrain has no collisions so you fall through it, anyone know how to fix that?

[mint raven]

yeah, I want to import a heightmap and figure out how their landscape material works

[thorny silo]

Does workbench finally support more file types instead of just the few we had?

Cause there's plenty of survey data out there

But not always in a readable format

[junior canyon]

I've found that used l3dt to make the terrain and then import the heightmap made will make the custom terrain

[mint raven]

L3DT is cool, I just have more experience with World Creator

[thorny silo]

Honestly half of me wants to go see if I can ask for the files from the guy who did the Seattle map

See if I can't mess with that

I mean, the engine might actually be able to handle an urban environment now

[mint raven]

WC is pretty cool https://i.gyazo.com/f33fc99e2d9dd95c3a779d7cf2cd9443.jpg

[half pilot]

imagine adding that to arma

[mint raven]

I'm sure there is a way

[half pilot]

i mean

probably

[mint raven]

https://www.usgs.gov/the-national-map-data-delivery/gis-data-download maybe this

[half pilot]

you can also use blenderGIS

pretty useful for that stuff

even tho 1:1 maps are a bit overpowered

[junior sinew]

i can move everything except the right arm, is it normal?(blender 3.0)

[thorny silo]

Blender can import directly into arma now, yeah?

That was a thing they highlighted

[half pilot]

yeah

theres plugins in the enfusion folder

[thorny silo]

Well how do ya like that

[half pilot]

pretty promissing

[thorny silo]

And I went to so much effort with blender workarounds to get custom animations in for a3

[half pilot]

even tho i didnt use it yet

[mint raven]

not sure if it supports heightmap import but this is cool

https://tangrams.github.io/heightmapper/

first part of the tutorial minus the unreal stuff can be helpful

https://youtu.be/iyjmL2MgmD8

[thorny silo]

Btw, are either of those height maps of just ground

Or does it include stuff like trees or buildings

[mint raven]

just ground 👀

heightmap is just simple - white is high - black is low

[junior sinew]

the right arm IK doesn't seem to work on my end

i can move it with fk tho

[mint raven]

not messed with the rig tbh, not big on Blender and animations

as I posted above, if someone knows how to add equipment, helmets and stuff, hit me up 👀 got tons of it

[lost minnow]

Manage to fix the localizaion it was forced to define it in the addon.gprj then build it via plugins

never mind

[spark briar]

How can i replace hit particles? I have ready .ptc files with parameters i need, so how can i do they work in game?

[half pilot]

you should be able to bundle it in the "publish project" tab

[dense hedge]

Please tell me if there is an opportunity to make your own mission scenario now?

[sterile vapor]

its been 24h give the devs a chance to breathe

[spark briar]

but how do I make this mod global so that it affects every hit in the game? In the folder with the mod , only mine .ptc files with new effects and standard files.

[half pilot]

try recreating the folder structure from the particles you want to change

[forest oxide]

has anybody managed to initialize a GameMode_Plain setup?

[clever mulch]

Where is the option to import hightmap data in the world editor?

[pseudo spindle]

sorry for the late reply. Thanks. Actually, I placed both entities but how do I add actuall AI agents (soldiers) to that entity? Right now, there is that entitiy where I can alter the combat behaviour etc but for whom? Im missing a essential thing here...

Edit: figured it out

[honest zodiac]

so there is a property of that prefab called units, its in the group members section. You can add to the array and then select a character prefab. I have also found that in ArmaReforger/Prefabs/Groups There are some more group prefabs with units premade.

[clever mulch]

Actually, better question, what file format can I use for importing?

[pseudo spindle]

yeah thanks. just figured it out. I also added the SCR AI World but right now, the AI just stais around like a careless agents. Doesnt react to me etc. What did you mean by "editing" the SCR AI World?

Its a russian soldier, so I have it to faction "2". Thats right I guess?

[honest zodiac]

SCR_AIWorld has a component called NavmeshWorldComponent, which has a property called navemsh file, i just specified the eden.nmn file, before I did that the ai were incapable of pathing around fences and stuff

[dense hedge]

Please tell me if there is an opportunity to make your own mission scenario now?

[spark briar]

Is there a way to bind hit particles not to a specific weapon, but to all at once?

[pseudo spindle]

ah but did you place the AIWorld entitiy just in to the world or did you import it in the actual SCR AI Group?

[honest zodiac]

just have it placed in the world

[forest oxide]

Don't know - I haven't been able to replicate the trivial setup of Arma 3 where you load up a map, place down a soldier, tick the "playable" checkbox on the soldier - Presto! it's playable. I've been able to branch off the existing setups (Zeus, Capture the Island) just fine, but not a mission from scratch

[pseudo spindle]

So did I. So I guess he is fine and it is something else. Right now, the soldier just stands around idling and ignoring me. Even he is russian and Im US.

[wise axle]

why can I no longer edit shit in the properties bar in Layout editor?

[honest zodiac]

So the way I fixed that was by dragging the perception manager into the scene, but you also need to make sure you have a faction manager and assign the group to the right one. If you check in game master unassigned units will have a white group icon.

[spark briar]

Is there a way to bind hit particles not to a specific weapon, but to all at once?

[silver wing]

I've imported my model into the game and attached it to a character

but for some reason its off center

Anyone know the solution?

Based the model off the provided character sample

Still nothing

[torpid kettle]

origin point?

[silver wing]

Origin wouldn't have a factor I don't think

Its based off the character sample provided

and the location didn't change.

[pseudo spindle]

Yeah that works. My mistake was, I thought the factions are numeric. But I had to put in the actual faction key. Can you elaborate how you placed down waypoints? I see the waypoint category in the group but dont now how to place some

[stone osprey]

Hi all 👋

Is there any good video on how to get started with the Workbench?

[pseudo spindle]

not yet

Has anybody figured out how to implement the CYCLE waypoint into the waypoint procedure? It doesnt seem to be enough just to add a last waypoint type CYCLE. In my case, the soldiers just stop at the waypoint before.

[alpine brook]

how to bundle file offline ?

[honest zodiac]

would anyone know why my scenario isnt showing up in the scenarios folder, I can see it in the downloaded tab of workshop. And yes I have changed all the images from placeholder ones to one in the mission directory.

my config looks like this: https://gyazo.com/01b51234252abbe89fbd55342101326b

[pseudo spindle]

sadly Im struggling with the same. How did you get that path, btw?

[honest zodiac]

I dragged the config file onto it

[pseudo spindle]

smart guy 😉

I read the thing with the placeholder images all the time. But how did you use own ones? imported own?

[honest zodiac]

yeah I just drew something in paint, converted it to tga with online converted and renamed it to .edds

[pseudo spindle]

I wonder if this is the issue since TGA can have so many attribute levels. Just remembering the pain with DDS in starcraft 2 and how to find the sweet spot setting

on the other hand, many people dont seem to have the problem

[honest zodiac]

yeah I just found a forum post that said you can rename tga, so i have no idea if that could cause a problem

[south imp]

Yes

[slate sluice]

skyrix whats it called trying to start modding

[jade cargo]

I'm attempting to follow the scenario tutorial but I'm struggling with the last step of getting it in game. I'm using

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Capture_%26_Hold_Setup

but the last step is extremely vague

Launching Arma Reforger with this newly created mod enabled should allow you to see the and launch the scenario directly:

how do i launch it with the mod enabled so i can test my scenario?

[barren cargo]

anyone know how to do this step? I cannot figure it out.

"On that new prefab inside SampleMod_ModdedWeapon addon, click on "Inherit prefab" and type the name which the new prefab should use. New prefab will be created next to existing one so only thing that is left is moving it to target location in Sample Mod directory."

cant find the "Inherit Prefab" option anywhere

[wise axle]

https://ibb.co/pKCZLrj

Why can I no longer change properties on the GUI layout?

there's not even a UI input element for these properties anymore

[silver wing]

I've imported my model into the game and attached it to a character
but for some reason its off center
Anyone know the solution?
Based the model off the provided character sample
Still nothing

[lofty schooner]

origin point of the model?

[silver wing]

Even if its centered in blender?

[forest oxide]

I can't find that message. What did somebody say about the config needing Loading Screens/Images? They cannot be placeholders?

Can't jump over the last fence : config so I can find the mission in the Scenarios

[jade cargo]

ok, is there any reason I can't log into the workshop area? my username and password work fine on the bohemia website

[pseudo spindle]

had the same for hours

[jade cargo]

so not really an issue my end then?

[pseudo spindle]

I have no clue but I doubt

magically, Im now logged in but fail to bundle the project

[jade cargo]

i've been following the wiki instructions. They miss out a fair amount of critical info. Is there anyway I can update it?

[neon raven]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Bohemia_Interactive_Community:Getting_Started

[pseudo spindle]

Did anybody had the same problem when bundling for publishing, that there was an error with the preview image?

[sacred moth]

Or you can also suggest changes in #community_wiki, and people who have an account (like me) could help get these changes shipped to the wiki asap 😉

[neon raven]

Is that in regards to the Capture and Hold setup guide? Because I can't find my mission in the game even though I think I did it all correctly

[jade cargo]

yeah i'll probably do it at some point. Was going to just have a play tonight but trying to get around the instructions is pain. And I haven't actually got it into the game properly yet as it won't let me login to publish even though its the right login details

[jade cargo]

you reading the "ingame test" bit?

[neon raven]

Exactly that

[jade cargo]

yea

[neon raven]

Give me the info, I need to know

[sacred moth]

i've seen people saying that the issue is that their username is actually their email

[neon raven]

There have been a few people asking about this

[sacred moth]

or the opposite, or smth like that

[jade cargo]

it says use the email so i did, maybe I should use the username?

[sacred moth]

maybe?

worth a try 🤷‍♂️

[jade cargo]

na, complains about it not being in email format

i'll reset my password anyway

[pseudo spindle]

I had the same. It IS the email. For me, it did just magically login an hour later by itself

I GUESS its on the server side

[jade cargo]

oh okay, maybe it just needs a login attempt once and someone to give me permissions?

i'll try again later before i go off on holiday

[pseudo spindle]

that could be the case

regarding the scenario not showing ingame: if have the same. Thats why I try to publish it to check it that way. But Im not able to bundle it (unknown problem with the preview image). One step at the time 😉

[jade cargo]

oh yeah, to test your mission shows up. You have to stay in the tools. Close the world editor. Then reopen it. Press load world but then open the MainMenuWorld.ent. Then press play and it'll show up in there

[silver wing]

Can anyone explain to me whats going on

https://imgur.com/a/pm9bbJF

[pseudo spindle]

Thx. Yeah the way via mainmenuworld.ent I did learn this afternoon. But thx.

[pseudo spindle]

is this just the selector bubble of the entity?

[jade cargo]

I think thats what the tutorial means to do

[silver wing]

Its attached to headgear

[jade cargo]

but its very very vague

[silver wing]

For some reason its off ..

And backwards

It's modeled after the arma sample skeleton

Everything to set to 0,0

[pseudo spindle]

possibly. I could publish a little example mission with a AI patrol for coop testing but this damn bundling wont work and the console output doesnt help at all

[silver wing]

https://imgur.com/a/fMeWIHi

[jade cargo]

yeah, like i say i can't even log in to publish to help you out

[pseudo spindle]

does the character maybe isnt 0,0 since its not in A-Pose?

[silver wing]

Maybe

Not sure thats all they gave us tho

[pseudo spindle]

just figured it out. its a known issue: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Known_Issues

[tall tiger]

So any ETA on the documentation talked about for workbench?

[jade cargo]

yeah, i'll leave it until i get back in a week and a half

[sacred moth]

Documentation is slowly added to the Community Wiki

it has to be imported first before we can start working on it

[pseudo spindle]

have nice holidays. While im now able to bundle it, im still not able to publish it (401 - unauthorized). Does anybody know, what this means?

[jade cargo]

ta

[scarlet crypt]

@pseudo spindle I reset my password on bohemia.net and that fixed the 401 error for me.

[pseudo spindle]

thanks. Tried the same but now Im not able to login again. I really guess they unlock the accounts manually? what the heck

[tall tiger]

Appreciate it, good work on the wiki so far 👍

[silver wing]

https://imgur.com/a/pm9bbJF

Literally cannot figure it out

[median pecan]

So have we any way of converting yet?

[pallid siren]

I know it's really early but ,do we know if it's possible to make a "DayZ" ish mod ? On reforger

[deep grove]

DayZ was literally made in the same engine so yes give it time, you’re going to see all the DayZ modded community content be easily ported into reforger, people have already ported M4/HK416 and suppressors into the game

[pallid siren]

This community is amazing

[wise axle]

Anyone know what the stamina component is attached to? not player controller by default.

[candid barn]

People ported guns. Meanwhile I spent three hours on placing fire squad with single waypoint 😄

[sacred moth]

I've added working computers in A3. Imma add working computers to Reforger too 😄

[pseudo spindle]

i just published the same thing. loadout selection, a AI firesquad with waypoints and some coop testing. But its still a miracle, even while the mod is sucessful published now and I can select the scenario via workshop / mod. It still dont appear in the scenarios selection.

[median pecan]

Know how ya feel😂hearing all this good stuff and I’m looking at the editor like ahhh where to start

[candid barn]

Worst part is I am software engineer. I thought that I’ll edit some code and it will be ok. I failed at figuring out how to trigger something with trigger. I have KC:D modding flashbacks 😅

[pallid siren]

I'm so hype ,in few weeks,the community will add soooooo much content

[hushed quest]

What issue you have with triggers?

[candid barn]

I’d love to attach action to it. I figured out how to make it look for my specific car. Now it has to finish the scenario

Yes. I’m trying to make poor man’s steal the car

[pseudo spindle]

and so you a lightyears ahead my progress 😉

[wise axle]

Same here. Reading through VB scripts from years and years ago has really paid off now.

[hushed quest]

Wait, so by trigger, you mean BaseTriggerEntity, or Action (to be "used!)

[fast wasp]

Where is the workbench?

Is it the reforger tools?

[candid barn]

TriggerEntity

[pseudo spindle]

yes

[fast wasp]

Yes as in, in tools?

[pseudo spindle]

yep, tools

[sacred moth]

The "Workbench" = Arma Reforger Tools

[fast wasp]

Gotcha

I gotta check it oit

I take it that it's an early 3den editor

[sacred moth]

It's not an 3den Editor

[pseudo spindle]

no. its a whole SDK

[sacred moth]

it's actually more like the Arma 3 Tools modding suite

[pseudo spindle]

hmpf, I just changed something to my camera and now its super fast. Does anybody know the keys for that? Cant find it in settings

[fast wasp]

Hold right mouse and scroll wheel

[pseudo spindle]

ah.thx

[candid barn]

Although I need to say - modding island is awesome. I placed base prefab but part of island blocked one of tents. So I just clicked on it and moved it a bit. That was so cool.

[sacred moth]

yeah, the tools are great

If only we'd have similar ones for other games

I'm looking at you, Frontier Developments 👀

[wise axle]

I made a stamina bar https://ibb.co/kB3Yk9P

only took me 2 days and a bunch of reading through the other UI

think I'm gonna make it fade when standing still & possibly change colour like white when full, red when almost depleted etc

[mellow mortar]

Nice

[wise axle]

HP/Blood bar next

if there isn't one already

[mellow mortar]

How does the UI system work in the first place? I am about to dive into the modding of this game and I’m hyped but I basically know nothing yet. Is it HTML based or something unique I’ll have to deal with?

[wise axle]

From my experience, it is not HTML based. It's a widget system, there are some pre-defined widgets such as Button, ProgressBar (what I'm using for the stamina bar) and a lot more

There's a "Layout" editor which lets you drag & drop these

[leaden fractal]

Can you use the workbench to make missions or is it solely for SDK and modding?

[hushed quest]

You can make missions through it.

[wise axle]

You can use images for the UI as well, though, and think there's some sort of "mask" stuff as well..

[leaden fractal]

Awesome, I've been waiting for the enfusion engine before continuing a mission because of SQF limitations, can't wait until i get home tomorrow l

[mellow mortar]

Sounds awesome so far. I’m a bit disappointed to hear it’s not HTML based but with a drag and drop editor it sounds still way better than UI stuff in e.g. Garry’s Mod

[mellow mortar]

What about updating component data thru UI interactions and vise versa? Is that a pain or easy to work with?

[wise axle]

Yeah that would have been nice but it's not too bad with the widget stuff. Nice thing is you can open the pre-made UI layouts like the Weapon Info (ammo count, fire rate, etc.) and see how they built that and reverse engineer it for your own ui

Not done that yet

[mellow mortar]

Ooh that’s damn useful

[mellow mortar]

Ah alright

[wise axle]

I've looked at the inventory UI stuff briefly but not properly looked to see how it's handling interaction. There are some concept of Events in places

[hushed quest]

You mean, for example, by clicking a button in UI?

[mellow mortar]

Yeah

[wise axle]

I can't seem to login to my bohemia account in workbench, gives me a 400 bad request 😦 known issue?

[ruby jungle]

is there any documentation on using enfusion workbench?

[wise axle]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_Reforger think they might be WIP

[brazen plaza]

it's coming. Some wiki stuff out

a forum is coming tonight hopefully and that will help.

[hushed quest]

I think, it would be good idea to look at MainMenu.layout

[brazen plaza]

Discord is not the place for these conversations

Think Youtube is starting to populate as well if you like that meduim

[mellow mortar]

Thanks, ima have a look

[harsh walrus]

Any idea when the current documentation will be fully uploaded?

(Just got a lot of people asking in other places)

[brazen plaza]

as fast as they can write it

[harsh walrus]

My understanding was it was already written

at least that's what we were told yesterday 😂

[brazen plaza]

doesn't seem. I would have posted as the same time as release then\

[wise axle]

Hey Plikonious, do you know any issues about publishing/getting an Unauthorized error?

[brazen plaza]

@wise axle I used my email and PW to BI account got me in workshop

[wise axle]

yeah I'm logged into workshop

[hushed quest]

Eh, not really. I'm not used yet to retail side of these things. I'd say, you could try removing "ArmaReforgerOnline.bin" in MyGames/ArmaReforger/profile, though that's only wild guess.

[harsh walrus]

There's also no way they don't have an internal version of this https://dayzexplorer.zeroy.com/class_class.html ready for release

[wise axle]

Ooh it's working now

[harsh walrus]

(Basically enforce version of https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Arma_3:_Scripting_Commands)

[hushed quest]

You removed that file, or it just started working?

[uncut sorrel]

Thankfully, you can see the comments that those pages are generated from in the scripts editor. Control-click on a class and it will take you to its generated, documented file

I like the script editor. I kind of wish I could customize the font/size/colors

[harsh walrus]

Yes, but there should still be an official explorer

[mellow mortar]

Is there a dark theme tho?

[harsh walrus]

Like how will people find what commands/classes they can use when they start out

if there isn't a list somewhere

[uncut sorrel]

Yeah, it'd still be nice. I'm figuring it out based on the Conflict scripts and their samples.

[harsh walrus]

I thought there was only dark theme

[proper widget]

Anyone getting the project not found error when creating a new project?

[harsh walrus]

I think it defaults to your system

[mellow mortar]

Thank god

[proper widget]

https://i.gyazo.com/9302f0da5be4ce45c25214b18e242f6c.png

[uncut sorrel]

It's dark theme for me. I don't know if it switches to light if your OS is light theme

[harsh walrus]

@proper widget C:\Users\USER\Documents\My Games\ArmaReforger\addons

Check if that folder exists?

[proper widget]

nope

[harsh walrus]

I believe that's where they're supposed to save lmao

although may be different on a different drive

[hushed quest]

Regarding reading through scripts, I have a tip for you, if you don't know about it yet. Ctrl + Left mouse button on variable, class and etc will navigate you to its definition

[wise axle]

My stamina bar doesn't work when published 😦 rip

[harsh walrus]

Yeah same basically, but there are certainly commands they don't use that would be more efficient for people to look up 😂

[uncut sorrel]

I'm working on figuring out map icons so I can make a simple GPS mod for my friends who are navigationally-challenged.

[mellow mortar]

Plikonius, is it possible to write mods directly in C++? Or can we use only Enforce script? I was just thinking about a few libraries or bindings I’d like to implement

[harsh walrus]

Only Enforce

there is no extension support rn either

[hushed quest]

Enfusion script only right now I think.

[mellow mortar]

Oof

Can we access networking in Enforce? As in raw sockets or at least something high level like HTTP?

[sharp sonnet]

which file do i open to open a already completed version of any of the included maps?

[harsh walrus]

There is the RestAPI class which allows you to make HTTP GET/POST requests

but apparently it's broken

abstract method doesn't return an instance I think